Button.



L. W. WEBBER.

, BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-22. 1916.

1,205,254. Patented Oct. 24,1916.

L- W. WEBBER LOREN W. WEBBER, F MITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA.

BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct, 24, 1916,

Application filed January 22, 1916. Serial No. 73,698.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, LOREN W. WEBBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mitchell, in the county of Davison andState of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification, refer-,

ence being had tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to buttons for use on clothing, and particularly to a type of button which is at present used on cutaway coats, dress coats and other like garments where the two margins of the garment are linked together instead of being overlapped and buttoned by a button passing through a button holeon one of the margins.

One object of my invention is the provi- T sion of a button which is so constructed that the button may be either inserted through the button hole from the back or inside face of the flap of the garment, or have its shank inserted from the outer face of the garment and into engagement with the button hole so that thereby the link connecting the but-: ton to the opposite flap of the garment may either pass across the outside face of the first flap or beneath the inside face thereof.

A further object is to provide a button of the character described, the link of which maybe engaged with a regular button on a coat, the head being arranged to engage the button hole in the manner above stated, the shank being so formed as to engage the margin of the button hole and hold the button firmly in place as if it had been inserted from the inside of the garment.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view showing my invention applied to a coat; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a coat through the button hole thereof, and showing my improved button in one of its applications; Fig. 3 is a like view to Fig. 2, but showing the button in another of its applications; Fig. 4 is an inside face view of the button; Fig. 5 is an outside face view thereof; Fig. 6 is a perspective detail view of the eye 14; Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view of a portion of a coat showing another 1nanner of wearing a button; Fig. 8 is a view showing another manner of constructing the button. In Fig.3 I show an enlarged view of the button and in this figure, 1O desig nates the head of the button and 11 the shank. This shank extends from the center of the button, then is bent to form a loop 12, this loop being carried outward beyond the center of the button and toward the inner face of the button and then bent around to form an eye 13. This shank may'either be formed of one piece of wire or suitable material, as in Fig. 3, or of two pieces of wire as in Fig. 8. Theshank, however, hasthe same operation and purpose in both cases. At the margin of the button on its inner face there is provided a semi-circular eye 14 which also forms a protuberance from the inner face of the button. Attached to the shank at the eye 13 is a loop of chain or cord designated 15 which constitutes a flexible link. 3

, In the application of the button to the coat, the loop of the chain or cord 15 is engaged over the ordinary button 16 on the fiap of the coat, though this chain or cord 15 may be attached directly to the face of the flap A. The former method, however,

is preferable. The opposite flap B is provided with the usual button hole with which ordinarily the button 16 engages but with which the button 10 is adapted to be engaged. Under certain circumstances; it is desirable to insert the button 10 from the rear face of the flap B and in this case the button is carried beneath the rear face of the flap B, as in'Figs. 3 and 7 and the link is also carried beneath this rear face and then the button is inserted like an ordinary button through the button hole, with the head of the button upon the outside of the garment, the shank 11 entirely inside the garment, and the adjacent end of the link on the inside face of the garment. Under certain other circumstances, however, it may be found desirable to dispose the link 15 entirely upon the outside face of the flap B, as in Figs. 1 and 2, and in thiscase the shank 11 of the button is inserted through the but tonhole from the outside face of the garment and then the button is shifted laterally V i so that theeye 13 will engage against the inner face of the cloth while the inner face of the'button will engage against the outer face of the cloth. The link under these cirengagement with the head 10*.

iscurved to form the loop 1 3 as previously.

the eye. This prevents any tendency of the link to unwind or otherwise become disengaged from its position looped around the junction of the shank with the button. It will be seen that the eye 14 constitutes a slight protuberance whichspaces the head of the button from the coat sufliciently so as to permit the link to have free movement. The shank is of course .to be made of slightly resilient material so that it will have some.

' what the nature of a spring clamp. It is of described.

The uses and advantages ofmy improved button are many. When walking, if the weather is very warm, it is disagreeable to I have the coat buttoned, yetit is also disagreeable to have it u'nbuttoned with the sides flapping. Also most people like to place their hands intheycoat pockets when fwalking, but this causes an, uncomfortable tightness in the back of the coat;

when dancing usually button the lower button of the coat when as a matter of fact the body should have plenty of room" to sway back and forth, but if on the other hand the coat was unbuttoned the skirts would fly in any direction. Likewise when sitting down the coat has to be adjusted. These inconveniences are done away with by the use of my improved button which: permits the coat to be loosenedwithout however being entirely opened. Furthermore, the button adds adressy touch to the coat and can be removed when not in use.

It will, of course, be noted that my improved button may be attached to the garment by attaching the end of the link 15 thereto or be used as an auxiliary button by engaglng the loop 15 around the button 16 and using the button 10' in the manner here tofore described.

Having described. the invention, what I claim is:

1. A button of the character described comprising a: head, a shank formed to pro-. vide an eye spaced from the inner face of the head and forminga spring clamp in connection therewith, and a. flexible link attached to said eye.

2. A button of the character described in- Men.

the eye thereby forming a resilient clamp coacting with the inner face of the button, a flexible link attached to said eye, the inner face of the button outward of the eye and in line 7 therewith being formed with a protuberance.

3; A button of the character described including a head, a slightly resilient shank bent to provide a relatively. large open loop disposed in a plane at right angles to the plane of the inner face of the button, the extremity of the loop being bent to form an eye opposed to the inner face of thebutton, the eye thereby forming a resilient clamp coacting with the inner face of the button, a flexible link attached to said eye, the inner face of the button outwardof the eye and in line therewith being formed with a semi circular eye, said eye being open at one point to permit the insertion of the link in the eye.

4. The combination with a garment having opposed flaps, one of said flaps being provided with a'button hole, of a flexible member attached to the other flap, and a button provided with a shank bent to provide an open loop, the extremity of the loop being bent to provide an eye opposed to the inner face of thebutton and acting as a clamping'member, said link being attached to the eye.

5. The combination with a garment having opposed flaps, one of said flaps being provided with a button hole, ofa flexible member attached to the other flap, and a button provided with a shank bent to provide an open loop, the extremity of the loopbeing bent to provide an eyeopposed to the inner face of the button and acting as a clamping member, said link being attached to the eye, and means being provided on the inner face of the button nearly opposite said eye for engaging the link. T

6. A button of the character described comprising a head, a shank formed to pro vide an-eye spaced from the inner face of the head, the shank being bent to embrace the edge of a garment, and a flexible loop attached to said eye.

LOREN W'. VVEBBER- l/Vitnssses:

F. C. DRAKE, ANNIE HOPKINS.

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